Example sentences of "might [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That methodology , some members argued , might enhance the Scottish budget given that Scotland was currently paying for a share of some centralised services which it neither used nor needed . |
| 2 | The Government might fool the British public by denying the atrocity stories , but the Army in Ireland knew the truth , the newspapers knew , the people knew . |
| 3 | The Chancellor also took the opportunity to nuance his support for German reunification in ways which will reassure those fearful that precipitate moves to unification might unsettle the Soviet Union and threaten the improvement in East-West relations . |
| 4 | Such Persian names survive in local nomenclature till Roman times : the priests of Artemis at Ephesus went on being called Megabyxoi for centuries after 330 ; or we might compare the place-name Maibozani , recently attested ( JRS , 1975 , p. 65 , line 10 , with p. 73 : a Roman inscription from Ephesus of the first century AD ) . |
| 5 | Nor , in the long hours of her sleeping , when he and Diniz shared the same room , did he say more than he thought might reassure the young Portuguese . |
| 6 | Breach of professional standards and etiquette This ground should be extended ( either specifically or generally ) to cover all instances of professional misconduct which might damage the good name of the firm . |
| 7 | To examine the factors which might explain the higher mortality from sudden infant death syndrome in Maori infants ( 7.4/1000 live births in 1986 compared with 3.6 in non-Maori children ) . |
| 8 | We therefore used data from a large case-control study to look at differences between Maori and non-Maori children and examine factors that might explain the higher mortality from sudden death infant syndrome among Maori children . |
| 9 | What physical processes might explain the dividing line ? |
| 10 | It was implied that this might explain the enormous rise in my BMA/BUPA premium . |
| 11 | A brief account of Bourdieu 's notion of ‘ habitus ’ provides an example of how we might assimilate the apparent paradox of an external physical world which is nevertheless in a more immediate relationship with the unconscious than the world of articulate symbolism . |
| 12 | One fear about saying ‘ No ’ is that you might hurt the other person . |
| 13 | Some fixed lens cameras have a maximum and minimum focus , and might restrict the maximum depth you can dive to . |
| 14 | It is possible , however , that synthetic chemicals might affect the immune response in some way . |
| 15 | One way is that semantic and/or pragmatic factors might affect the syntactic analysis of a clause or sentence ; that is , these different kinds of processing are interactive . |
| 16 | The first step is to determine which system might affect the subsequent course of events ; these could be the station 's electrical system , the ECCS , the radioactivity scrubbing system , and the containment system . |
| 17 | WITH A NAME like Hamid Dastmalchi you might think the new world poker champion is a Middle Easterner — maybe an Iranian like Mansour Matloubi , the Cardiff-based player who won the title two years ago . |
| 18 | that 's what mile do you do on it ? , like some people might think the national speed limit , but it 's not that 's fifty or sixty |
| 19 | It 's her mistake , it 's not the fault of the other people not booking , cos they had said they might want the main dining hall . |
| 20 | The latter in turn might want the electronic package split in two parts to ease the problem , to the detriment of the circuit design . |
| 21 | Richard was the King 's brother ; according to Henry 's mood and caprice that might make the young man either indispensable or unthinkable , but even for de Burgh it made it difficult to disparage his stewardship openly . |
| 22 | Thought I might make the next course ‘ Patterns of Light and Shade ’ . ’ |
| 23 | I think we should therefore hold the fight until a clear pattern emerges and certainly avoid international incidents which might tempt the Red Army , either at Union level or in the Republics and finally I think perhaps one useful thing we could do is too assist initially , and I stress initially , well disposed Republics with bread and sausages . |
| 24 | To my shame , I even feared he might act the hardened campaigner — miles gloriosus . |
| 25 | She was reflecting once more how her continued silence might preserve the unsought trust confided in her , but it remained a betrayal of her friendship for this man . |
| 26 | These are some factors to be taken into account ; clearly , further work is needed to identify other risk factors which might alert the general practitioner to the possibility of an attempt . |
| 27 | The enhanced synthesis of PGE 2 seen in patients taking NSAIDs and infected with Helicobacter pylori might mediate the increased dyspapsia that characterises these patients . |
| 28 | It is however an important part of the women 's movement , which might lack the explicit analysis of male oppression and resistance , but is none the less an affirmation of women 's allegiance to each other . |
| 29 | Background material for the Development Zone release outlined earlier might include the full text of the minister 's speech , the government leaflet setting out details of the Development Zone scheme , a complete list the benefits to be gained by businesses from setting in Tadchester , and a list of addresses of relevant officials within the local council , the New Towns Commission and Tadchester Industrial Development Centre 0 might be able to help industrialists to take the decision to move . |
| 30 | Those present might include the social work case workers , doctors , teachers , district or community nurses , playleaders , and anyone else directly involved in a family where such problems were suspected . |